Good morning guys. So I recently bought a 2011 vrs tdi in Australia (Irish guy living abroad). I've read through all the forums as far back as 2012 and I'm still unsure. I just want my car lowered about 30-40mm. I live in the city so fast handling  around corners isn't really gonna be an issue. I'm single so weight isn't an issue either. I've been told before to leave the vrs suspension alone because it has a good set up. And I've been told to just chance the springs. Thoughts? Thanks

Getting a 30mm - 40mm drop on the VRS from just springs will be a struggle, you'll most likely need to go coilovers.

Damian @ DPM Performance 

Cheers for the reply. Any idea what brand? I've had Toledo, passats, golfs etc and wrecked them all. This is my first nice car. I'm a little hesitant to drop her but she's just a little bit too high.

Vrs is 20mm dropped as standard. Should get away with eibach pro springs which are 35 from stock octy so 15mm on a vrs. Any lower and new shocks will likely be required.

Don't take my word for it though. Best to look up if the standard shocks will take a further drop.

18 hours ago, Ruairi said:

Cheers for the reply. Any idea what brand? I've had Toledo, passats, golfs etc and wrecked them all. This is my first nice car. I'm a little hesitant to drop her but she's just a little bit too high.

 

What's your budget?

 

Damian @ DPM Performance

I moved to Australia a couple of years ago. So probably about 1500 dollars. With install too

H & R 50mm spring kit will give you around a 35mm drop on the VRS. I ran them on my combi for a few weeks, it looked good but the ride was very harsh! I'm now running KW Comfort coilovers and love it - looks, ride and handling are great.

 

If you go for a low spring kit, do shocks as well - std shocks don't like being run too short, the internal valving can't work properly and you'll knock them out after a while.

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Cheers bro. I'm gonna look into them